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Coal mined from the Talcher region of Odisha, India is known to be high-ash, surface-oxidized, and noncoking in nature. It is quite challenging to beneficiate such low-grade coal by physical or physicochemical processes due to its oxidized nature and the presence of complex ash forming mineral matter in its matrix. Chemical beneficiation is one of the alternative process to such problems. However, this chemical process consumes more chemicals, treatment time, and energy, which limits its application further. Therefore, an attempt has been made to chemically beneficiate this coal cost-effectively with optimum chemicals, treatment time, and energy. In the present study, an application of ultrasound at low frequency on alkali-acid leaching is employed to investigate on the demineralization of high-ash Indian noncoking coal. The raw coal properties such as fixed carbon content, CHNS content, Hardgrove grindability index, ash fusion temperature, and gross calorific value (GCV) were investigated before the expe...